A group of UK based business people who helped found a project bringing entrepreneurial skills to hundreds of African women will be venturing out to Senegal next week in true Dragons’ Den style to asses the many projects requiring funding.

Surrey based Richard White and Marieme Jamme founded the Dakar Dragons project after being inspired by the story of Viola Vaughan and her own 10,000 Girls Project. Retired American Viola is currently living and working in Senegal with the aim of improving the… Continue

Green Hamlet is a group of friends putting the building practices presented at natural homes and earth hands and houses in to practice.
We are building our ecoVillage in Poland, not far from the medieval town of Olsztyn. The first phase of the hamlet is to get building permits, a reliable supply of water and some basic buildings to support the builds between 2010 and 2013.

Green Hamlet lies in War… Continue

Citizen Engineer is a fusion of ideas, information, advice, and opinions from the authors, their colleagues, and dozens of other sources, brought together to provide you with the tools and insights you’ll need to maximize your success in a new era of socially responsible engineering.

The information in these pages will be most relevant to engineers who design and build “things”—engineers in fields… Continue

An emerging body of websites that can provide instant feedback on the use of aid money is sparking debate about whether such online tools could not only revolutionize non-profit fundraising, but also boost aid accountability.

The Kwale Subdistrict Hospital in Kenya announced earlier this week on German fundraising site betterplace… Continue